GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING COLOR SPECTRUM TO MAP SENTIMENTS

• US 20180129405A1
• Filed: 12/20/2017
• Published: 05/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SPKDRM LLC
• Original Assignee: SPKDRM LLC
• Inventors: Burns, Joel Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 10,606,462 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

Systems and methods of operating a human-machine interface (HMI) with a graphical user interface (GUI). A color spectrum is displayed along with a topic. A selection of a point on the color spectrum is received, and associated in a memory with the displayed topic. A data record is stored indicating a sentiment associated with the topic. The sentiment includes an intensity level and an emotion level. The intensity level is one of multiple intensity levels that change along a first dimension of the color spectrum, and the emotion level is one of multiple emotion levels that change along a second dimension of the color spectrum.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A method of operating a human-machine interface (HMI) with a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:

producing, using one or more computers, a distorted color spectrum from an undistorted color spectrum, defined by at least two Cartesian axes having a spectrum of colors ranging from violet to red, or vice versa, and forming an RGB color space, wherein the undistorted color spectrum is distorted by converting the at least two Cartesian axes to a polar coordinate system to produce the distorted color spectrum, the distorted color spectrum forming a generally U-shape defined by an upper boundary, an opposing lower boundary, a first edge, and a second opposing edge, the producing being carried out by transforming, using at least one of the one or more computers, the RGB color space into a second color space, such that (i) a wavelength of the distorted color spectrum changes from the first edge toward the second opposing edge to define a plurality of emotion levels, and (ii) a color intensity or a color brightness or a color lightness of the distorted color spectrum changes from the upper boundary toward the lower boundary to define a plurality of intensity levels, wherein a sentiment is indicated by a combination of one of the plurality of emotion levels together with one of the plurality of intensity levels;

causing to be displayed on an electronic video display the distorted color spectrum;

receiving, via an electronic input interface device, a single selection of a point or area on the distorted color spectrum; and

storing in the electronic memory device or an other electronic memory device an indication of the selected point or area.